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Sentience and animal welfare /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Broom, Donald M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2014.
Subjects:
Animal Welfare.
Bioethical Issues.
Consciousness.
Emotions.
Perception.
Sensation.
Animal welfare.
Consciousness in animals.
Emotions in animals.
Animal Behaviour.
Animal Physiology and Biochemistry (Excluding Nutrition)
Behaviour (Wild Animals), (New March 2000)
Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries of Animals.
Non-communicable Human Diseases and Injuries.
Aging.
Animal behaviour.
Attitudes.
Brain diseases.
Brain.
Cognitive development.
Domestic animals.
Education.
Ethics.
Mortality.
Motivation.
Old age.
Sustainability.
Wild animals.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The qualities that make up sentience
  • Ethics, morality, and attitudes
  • Animal welfare science : history and concepts
  • Brain complexity and cognitive ability
  • Feelings and emotions
  • Awareness and consciousness
  • Motivation and needs
  • Welfare assessment
  • Sentience during development, brain damage, and old age
  • Ethical decisions about humans and non-humans
  • Sustainability, welfare attitudes and education.